Hi pop poppers, it’s chart round
up time, and we say to you; delve in.

In the fine forty, we’re all
peering up at the lavishly-advertised Stereophonics with their
pre-album no.5 effort ‘Dakota’ hitting top slot. Britney
Spears trashes in at no.6, while the even-more lavishly promoted
‘Honest Mistake’ opens the Bravery’s big-time account
with a number seven placing. Thank God the LP is utter crap.

Lower down the charts is
Moby with some techo-lite. ‘Lift Me Up’ is in at
no.18, four places above Kano’s far-better ‘Typical Me’. Why, the
world? Why? Find REM at 26 with ‘Electron Blue’,
LCD Soundsystem at 29 with ‘Daft Punk Is Playing At My
House’ and Bjork two places lower with ‘Triumph Of A
Heart’. Respect to panto-rockers Rammstein, who take
number thirty five with ‘Keine Lust’.

Outside the Radio 1 enclosed
forty, it’s a big respect to Dive Dive who’ve cracked the fifty
with ‘555 For Filmstars’ at 48, and glitter-pop queen
Annie disappoints at no.50 on the nose. Hell is For
Heroes do 56 and the Earlies take 61. Quiet
advancement is the way for Ambulance Ltd, who say hello to the
charts for the first time at 67 with ‘Stay Where You Are’, while
Soundtrack Of Our Lives return at 70 with ‘Heading For A
Breakdown’.

See the album charts? Not much
going on there at all. It’s crap in fact. All we can offer you is the mighty
Arcade Fire in at 71, whilst Coldplay re-enter
'Parachutes' at 74. Who’da thunk? Speaking of which, we’ve just heard
the new Coldplay single and it’s very… stately. But good, obviously.

No-one appears to have updated
the download charts this week, so we have no news on that either,
sorry…